Karl Erik "Keo" Olofsson

Current

Chairman of the Board at SER Svenska Elektro- och Dataingenjörers Riksförening
Owner and Principal Consultant at Manconsult Development

Past

Senior Advisor at Swedtel International AB
Senior Advisor at Swedtel AB
Project Manager at Volvo

6 more...

Education

Chalmers tekniska högskola

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

Karl Erik "Keo" Olofsson’s Summary

ICT and People Development Professional and Change Manager

KEY QUALIFICATIONS
A solid experience from the telecommunication and IT industries. More than 25 years of experience from assignments as Telecom Engineer, Development Manager, and Project Manager with Televerket/Telia, and from numerous international consultancy assignments within the telecom and IT sector.

EDUCATION
M. Sc. Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg.
Post-graduate training in: Business Economy, Management and Leadership, Project Management and Project Administration, Information Technology/Telematics, and Digital Telecom Networks.

Karl Erik "Keo" Olofsson’s Specialties:

Project Management, Capacity Building, ICT Strategies & Implementation:
- Project management, project manager support, training, and coaching.
- Implementation projects in real operations. To ‘take control and land’ projects in trouble.
- Analyse strategies and business operations, develop & adapt work processes, restructures, competence change, customer oriented quality management.
- Telecom sector development and reform.
- Project studies, appraisals and evaluations.

Karl Erik "Keo" Olofsson’s Experience

Chairman of the Board

SER Svenska Elektro- och Dataingenjörers Riksförening

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

October 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

SER, Svenska Elektro- och Dataingenjörers Riksförening
is the Swedish Electrical and Computer Engineers' Society.
Board Member for 10 years.
SER is a non-profit professional organization.
www.ser.se
Owner and Principal Consultant

Manconsult Development

(Management Consulting industry)

May 1997 — Present (12 years 8 months)

Several missions from 1994 to date for international aid organisations, telecom operators, government entities, and private sector:
• Capacity building and development programme for the telecom sector, including regulatory reforms
• Organisation design and development planning
• Specify projects, tender documents, evaluate tenders and negotiate contracts
• Assess development needs, national strategy and action plan for ICT development
• Capacity building for market oriented planning & engineering

Extract from list of Reference Projects
- Capacity building project and development program for the telecom sector in Angola 2006-2008.
- Training programme in Change Management for ICE Costa Rica 2007
- Organisational Design and Development Plan for a Start-up Mobile Services Operator, Belarus 2006
- Assess development needs and propose new and visionary targets for the Telecommunication and Navigation Institute of Kuwait 2004
- Capacity building for the planning and engineering functions of Telecomunicações de Moçambique, Mozambique 2002-2003
- National ICT strategy and action plan for Sri Lanka 2002
- Capacity building programme for Tanzania Communications Commission, Tanzania 2001
- Project Managers training for Hanoi Power Company, Vietnam 2001
- Operational plan for planning and supervision of SDH expansion projects for Telephone Organisation of Thailand1997
- Evaluation of the institutional development achieved from Swedish support to the telecom sector in Southern Africa (Namibia) 1997
- Team Leader for Organisation development study for Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation 1994
- Feasibility studies for national, regional, rural and mobile telecom networks: Kosovo, F R Yugoslavia, 2000; Lesotho 1999; Lao P.D.R. 1998; Uganda 1997; Bangladesh 1997; Ecuador 1996; Pakistan 1996; Kashmir 1995.

A track record of worldwide assignments on: www.manconsult.net

Additional Information

Karl Erik "Keo" Olofsson’s Websites:

Karl Erik "Keo" Olofsson’s Groups:

The Network of Professional Teleconsultants, TeleManagement Forum,
openBC, XING,
SER, (Svenska Elektro- och Dataingenjörers Riksförening), ( the Swedish Electrical and Computer Engineers' Society/ Board Member),
Sveriges Ingenjörer, Civilingenjörsförbundet,
Svenska Förbundet för Kvalitet, SFK, Swedish Association for Quality Management,
ISOC-SE, Dataföreningen,
Tekniska Samfundet, Polytechnic Society of Gothenburg,
Plaxo Pulse, Ecademy, LinkedIn